What is the National Audit of
Dementia?

The National Audit of
Dementia is working with hospitals providing general acute
inpatient services to measure criteria relating to care delivery
which are known to impact on people with dementia admitted to
hospital.

Criteria include policies and governance in
the hospital that recognise and support the needs of people with
dementia, elements of comprehensive assessment, involvement of
carers, discharge planning, and identified changes to support needs
during admission.

The first round of audit took place in
2010. Nearly all (99%) acute Trusts/Health Boards in
England and Wales registered one or more sites to participate.

The second round of audit took place in 2012.
All acute Trusts/Health Boards in England and Wales registered
one or more sites to participate.

The third round of audit took place in 2016 and reported in
2017. All acute Trusts/Health Boards in England and Wales
registered one or more sites to participate.

A casenote audit of people with dementia,
focusing on key elements of assessment, monitoring, referral and
discharge

An organisational checklist and analysis of
routine data collected on delayed discharge, complaints and staff
training

A staff questionnaire examining support
available to staff and the effectiveness of training and learning
opportunities

View a list of all participating acute hospitals in the third
round of audit here.

A pilot phase for the third round of audit was conducted in
2015 to test the changes (structure and methodology) made to
the main audit. A parallel pilot was carried out in community
hospitals (feasibility study) in 2016 to examine their
inclusion in the main audit. More information on the pilots of
the third round of NAD is available here.

Timeline for data collection

The data collection period was staggered, starting in April
2016; a summary of the data collection timeline can be found
here.

Key dates

Main audit (2016 - 2017):

April - November 2016: Data collection
period

July 2017: National reporting

August 2017: Local reporting

October 2017: Regional reporting

December 2017: National event

The National Audit of Dementia currently involves hospitals in
England and Wales. For information about Irish and Northern
Irish dementia audits, follow the links below:

NAD National event 2017

NAD prize draw

The NAD team would like
to say a big thank you to everyone who took the time to complete
the carer and staff questionnaires.

A total of 4,688 carers
of people with dementia and 14,885 members of NHS staff working
with people with dementia completed the questionnaire, giving
information about hospitals across the UK. We are very grateful to
you for helping us with this.